I recited this poem to Emily today as a sequel to the proposal poem. It seeks to express how our relationship/love changed after getting engaged and expressing love and lifelong commitment toward one another for the first time.
Love’s Hinge
A question,
An answer.
Everything changes,
Nothing changes.
I fall in love,
In love was I.
And on that starry night
Did fall
Into a river;
A coursing river
Course unchanged,
Newly found
And yet the same.
When did I fall?
A question,
An answer.
Everything changes,
Nothing changes.
I fall in love,
In love was I.
And on that sunny morning
Did something hatch;
Soft, warm feathers
Betray a lifeless source,
Newly born
And yet the same.
When was it born?
A question,
An answer.
Everything changes,
Nothing changes.
I fall in love,
In love was I.
And on that windy autumn day
An oyster’s mouth did open;
A pearl of beauty
Grown unseen
Changes not,
Yet newly beams.
When did it shine?
To fall, to hatch, to shine;
To love.
Within a moment
To change the changeless course
We trod.
My love for you
Is not the same;
My love for you
Is not different.
I love you.
